Word: karle
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Karl has shaken off his huffiness and is his old smooth self again. "Tell you the truth, I don't know how much we're affected by what critics say. We know who we are, and in the end that's really all that matters. I'm very proud of this book. I'm very proud, you know, to have done...
...willing to say to young people, or to anybody. They assiduously avoid drawing conclusions or giving advice on the subject of sex. "I would not presume to tell anybody how to proceed about anything," says Anne. "If this will help somebody, terrific. But it's not a handbook." And Karl adds, "My expertise ends at raising chickens and growing tomatoes...
...think we set out to prove any majestic point," Karl says. "We thought it was just a fascinating topic, told by fascinating people, that if each of these people told a true, vivid story, that inadvertently, accidentally, what they said might be some kind of commentary on who the hell we are. But we didn't set out with any noble purpose--it's not a sociological study...
...fact, the only publication which has not received it seriously is my old alma mater, Newsweek," Karl says a little huffily. The Newsweek review, which did not mention Fleming's former connection with the magazine, called the book "about as interesting--and titillating--as a protracted Merv Griffin show: 319 pages that manage to take most of the joy out of voyeurism...
...Karl, look," Anne gives her husband a soothing reproach. She seems to have heard this before. "If they give you a review that's two and a half columns, they take it seriously. Whether they disagree with you or not is another thing...